Hamburger meat is $5/Lb., and pork and chicken are going up almost as fast, devastating grocery budgets for families across the fruited plain.
By November even the most clueless voters will be catching onto the fact that the wheels have come off this phony “recovery” that never happened.
Oh by the way, there’s no inflation....
/ sarc
Agreed. Couple the cost of food going up with the cost of fuel and you have a vicious, repetative cycle.
I disagree. 40% are far too into progressive populism. It will be the deadlock caused by evil Republicans, it will be the evil corporations, it will be the bankers. What it won't be is Herr Leader.
My BIL says that things would be much better if the Pubblies quit hindering all the plans of Dear Leader. The irony there is of course that the stupid Republicans have done almost nothing to obstruct Obama and the Dems.
We should give up the notion that if things get bad enough, these low info numbnuts will figure it out. Not going to happen.
What you had in the 2010-2011 period...was a phony party over a marginal improvement in numbers. Jobs were not improving....banks were still failing (which is still true in April of 2014)....small companies are NOT expanding...the short price on the dollar makes US products look great but it’s a fake number, and CD rates are lousy (haven’t looked good in a decade now).
There’s never been a recovery....just a fake party when everyone sipping beer and pretending they were all better but couldn’t explain how they were better. Gaze over at the young punks graduating this fall with $75,000 in college debt and ask them when they “think” they might have it paid off (2035?). Housing markets won’t be affected by them...nor will they be traveling to Aruba much...or putting any money much into IRA’s.
Bingo! I have not seen any signs of recovery since bammy took office. In fact, just the opposite. bammy and his cohorts in crime have made a practice of twisting numbers (eg. unemployment rate) and pouncing on any dissociated uptick number they can find or make or easily lie about. The MSM has been their lapdog and accomplice in this - crowing any number or "indicator" they can dredge up or manufacture.
But in the real world, there just isn't any recovery, never has been. A recovery would be a sustained, broad-based positive move. Hasn't happened. Only minor ticks here and there and made-up fantasies.
I think the article is right. The company I work for has been accumulating cash reserves and has used them to selectively acquire technologies where it made sense. But actual workforce numbers have shrunk through both attrition and even a few layoffs. (workforce re-alignments) If (Deity help us, make it so) the 'rats lose the Senate this election cycle and the White House in '16 then look for a recovery starting in '17 the likes of which no-one currently alive has ever seen. Mrs. ThunderSleeps and I are talking about relocating. Trying to make that move before the coming boom is a serious consideration. The trick will be getting where we want to go before their economy takes off and housing prices go up, but hopefully after our home has recovered a little of its lost value...
“Hamburger meat is $5/Lb., and pork and chicken are going up almost as fast, devastating grocery budgets for families across the fruited plain.”
Prices are through the roof and I can hear the media wailing from here if a Republican were in office. In the Carter days, they reported the bad economy, but didn’t attribute it to Democrats. Now they just claim everything is rosey and report about something else.
Buddy of mine went to the grocery store a couple days ago and picked up 3# of ground chuck. $17 and change.